It’s happened again. Freddy Sanchez was getting going again in his rehab, this time at third base. He had another setback.

This time it is Sanchez’s lower back, which also flared up in spring training. Sanchez has been shut down and will have an MRI. Bochy actually saw Sanchez on Friday and watched him play third base. The back was bothering him at the time and it continued to get worse.

“Another minor setback here,” Bochy said. “He just tweaked it while playing.”
— Pablo Sandoval was letting it rip while throwing earlier, and Bochy said he is taking one-handed swings and continues to progress. Sandoval (fractured hamate) will have his stitches taken out today, but Bochy wouldn’t go so far as to say Sandoval is ahead of schedule.

— Brian Wilson is here and in great spirits as he joked with teammates in the clubhouse. “He told me that he’s going to be back in two weeks,” Bochy said. “That’s crazy talk.”

Wilson didn’t make the road trip, instead staying in town to rehab his surgically-repaired elbow. Bochy and several teammates all made the same point: Wilson is in a shockingly good mood for a guy who just had season-ending surgery.

“He seems the same,” Bochy said. “And I don’t think that’s common.”

— Bochy is pleased by what he has seen from Charlie Culberson so far. “He’s not afraid,” Bochy said, when asked what stands out.

Bochy likes what Culberson can provide as a right-handed bat at the bottom of the order. Culberson is hitting seventh today, between Brett Pill and Brandon Crawford. For Fresno, he was hitting .306 with a .961 OPS against left-handers.

— From the PR notes: Ryan Vogelsong is 4-0 with a 1.01 ERA in four career starts against the Rockies. He’s 3-0 with a 0.42 ERA in three starts against them at AT&T Park.

I’m sorry, but when Bochy is “pleased” because his newest addition “is not afraid,” that may be setting the bar a little low, don’t you think.

Lead Dog

Only one day,

Lead Dog

Love Alex’s work,

but just exactly what progress did wilson have? Getting out of bed on his own and pee-ing?

Bud

So, Bochy is just waiting for Huff to give him his expert self diagnosis in order to give him some starts? The “feeling better lately” diagnosis? This is a multi-million dollar business, not a psych ward. Get Huff the F outta here!

Rusty

“Bochy said Aubrey Huff is closer to getting a start or two.”

I’m glad he’s feeling better but I’d rather he feel better while warming the bench.

OMT

Huff a start… or TWO! NOOOooooooo!

Cy5

I love how he uses small sample size against Belt even though he’s hit LHP very well in the majors, but then will start another guy when he’s 4 for 7 against a given pitcher.

The thing is, being the manager doesn’t make him right. He already showed his poor judgement with Molina/Posey in 2010. So Sabean has a few weeks to trade to trade Pill.

al oha

Huff needs to start ……….

the first day of his RETIREMENT!

al oha

If anyone else leaves the Team without explaining the reason, FIRST, would that be OK? For ANY reason? Ok, I get that there are a few exceptions in extreme emergency.

But, really, is it OK? Is that the message to young players in the Organization?

Leadership, indeed.

al oha

And was that a PAID leave of absence? What is 1/52 of $11 million dollars?

Bochys got this platoon straight ass-backwards. Unbelievably stupid. I can only hope for Pill to fail, and fail he will. His only hits are HRs on pitches in the exact same place in the zone. Once word gets around, Pill probably will never get another hit.

This will end itself pretty soon

bochy’s platoony tune adventures

BUT I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE HUFF WILL GET STARTS OVER BELT VS RHP!!! YAY, LETS PUSH OUR BEST PROSPECT OFF THE TEAM WHILE WE’RE AT IT TOO!!

It’s a really sad state of affairs when the player with the highest OBP on an OBP-challenged team is sitting on the bench because a career minor leaguer couldn’t play LF and we have to get his terrible, hacky bat in there.

Rich

You talk about Aubrey Huff coming back like that’s a good thing. I wish him well and all but he can stay on the bench as far as I’m concerned.

Al, I had thought about Huff’s taking off, too, but not in terms of paid leave, more like means to void a contract. Had he actually not told anyone before he was in Florida, it could possibly have been argued as a breach of contract, but the fight would have gotten crazy ugly. No way the players union would have allowed it without a fight, and the absence having a medical issue as the cause might be enough for a justification with pay, anyways (especially if it was Bochy playing Huff at 2B and the subsequent humiliation that put him over the edge).

It wasn’t Monta riding a motorcycle, but bailing on a team without notice would certainly fit any “conduct detrimental to the team” clause. I’d bet a medical “anxiety” defense would win, though.

The EL is where mediocre Giants’ Minor League hitters go to have their careers die. Only three players managed an OPS over .900. Pablo, a 29 MiLB journeyman and Belt.

Pill was less successful then Bowker, Ishikawa, Ortmeier, etc. But yeah, lets rest all our hopes in a high swings like Molina/Uribe on a team that can’t get guys on base.

Bochy is committed to the “Bryan LaHair Development Plan” of Belt being “ready” about the time his 28 or 29 and most likely with another team. That is neither good for the Giants in the here-and-now nor the future.

speierfuentes

platoony,

Wow just took a look at Belt’s career numbers vs RHP

198 AB’s .202/.291/.364/.655

Cracks me up how the freebelt crowd always points to the much smaller sample size numbers Belt has compiled vs LHP yet completely ignores his numbers against RHP. Never hear a peep about those numbers.

Zip.

You all accept the numbers that tell you Belt kills LHP. But do accept the four fold higher sample size that says he stinks to high heaven vs RHP?

Of course you don’t.

speierfuentes

Nice throw Craw

Lead Dog

And you use the sample size you like, to prove your pt. About about his minor league numbers? How about his college numbers. Hell how about his girl friends number.

JD4SF

Thanks Alex for a tweet with a link to Belt as a HS pitcher (before he had problems with his arm.)

Every time I see one of your posts I am tempted to be as rude and bad mannered as you are, but I check myself.

People here mention Belt’s numbers against leftys as an argument against benching him against leftys. So what should they say? Bench him against righties?

speierfuentes

Lead Dog,

I’m not talking about MY use of the numbers. To tell you the truth I hadn’t even looked at Belt’s splits against RHP before now. For some reason all I’ve ever seen are his splits against LHP.

Now I know why.

Lefty

SpeierFuentes: My daily reminder: Belt is on the bench. He’s not doing anything. We all know you hate him. Move on.

JD4SF

Hey, we have a GIANTS BALL GAME on!

GO GIANTS!!!

dgg

bochy’s platoony tune adventures says:
May 14th, 2012 at 6:37 pm 16..

I can only hope for Pill to fail…

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Whiskey Tango Fox! Are you serious? You’re hoping for a Giants player to FAIL?! How does that help the team?

JD4SF

OK, Vogey – pitch your way OUT of this one!

SurfCity

Ixnay on the uffHay artStay

Keep him on the bench, where he belongs

JD4SF

There ya go Vogey – got it done!!!

Now let’s get some RUNS!!!

dgg

Whew.

Atlas

That was a little nerve-wracking.

JD4SF

Baggs tweet:
No other way to say this: Ryan Vogelsong is one ornery SOB on the mound. Absolutely guts through 2 scoreless innings with 67 pitches.

SurfCity

“I can only hope for Pill to fail, and fail he will.”

Huh?

How about hoping Belt does well and Pill does well and Bochy has a real hard choice to make between two good hitters.

slash78

You know, this team can have only so many 7th place hitters.

World,s tightest strikzone and they are determined to be out by the 2 or 3 pitch.

IfIWantedTwitterIWouldHaveTwitter

Does anyone else have the following technical problem on their screen?

For some reason all the tweets that ANOTHER POSTER receives are showing up on my screen.

Is there some way that someone can fix the blog to prevent that?

Does this other poster know that all her tweets are being broadcast on the blog?

IfIWantedTwitterIWouldHaveTwitter

My Mom Just Tweeted Thanks for the Mothers Day flowers.

SpeierFuentes

Lefty,

You really need to settle down. I don’t hate anyone, including Belt. I want him to succeed as much as any Giants fan. However, I see things objectively. I see a kid that needs to change some things, before he’ll be the player you might think he is right now.

I see myself as a reasoned counterpoint to the handwringing over the perceived treatment Brandon Belt is receiving. The whining and crying is really unwarranted. Belt is going to get plenty of opportunity to show us all what he’s got.

I would advise you step back and mix in a little objectivity yourself. You might just find it helps in evaluating players from a clearer perspective.

JD4SF

How ’bout if we root for ALL Giants to be solid contributors, starting NOW so we can get some runs on the board going forward with more additions to the Wins column … 😉

Walter Guest

Our pitcher got a look at more pitches than our “hitters.”

IfIWantedTwitterIWouldHaveTwitter

#60 You forgot to say who tweeted that to you

IfIWantedTwitterIWouldHaveTwitter

Monkey just tweeted where is his banana

Walter Guest

SF

Even when you make an effort to be civil, it comes off as borderline rude.

Atlas

The Giants didn’t have very good scouting on this pitcher, so they kind of came into this one at a big disadvantage. Hoping they can start picking up some of his stuff.

Walter Guest

SF

You are talking down to people. Can you see that?

IfIWantedTwitterIWouldHaveTwitter

I’m not posting right now because I’m waiting for the Tweet from headquarters.

Dusty Danger

At least Crawford is proving he can make rutine plays.

Rusty

Fourteen hits yesterday, back to looking like minor leaguers the next day. Friedrich is pitching well but their at bats are just bad. Is it that hard to at least fight off that curveball instead of watching it as it falls in for a strike?

IfIWantedTwitterIWouldHaveTwitter

SF gets upset when Belt is approaching the player’s parking lot.

JD4SF

Great hustle Blanco!!!

Andres The Forever Giant

Viva speedy Tiburon! 🙂

Andres The Forever Giant

Arias further rattles the kid! 🙂

SFGiantsTommy

Tommy likey stretchy!

JD4SF

Seeing opportunity now – let’s TAKE it, Giants!

SpeierFuentes

Walter,

I did not engage Lefty. If anyone is talking down it’s Lefty. She accused me of “hating” Belt. And has done it before. That’s simply absurd.

Why is my evaluation labeled as hate?

This board is filled with unwarranted hate directed at the manager and FO on a daily basis. I rarely see reasoned criticism. And there are plenty of legitimate things to criticize.

Now, if you have a baseball take let me hear it. Otherwise you’re wasting my time.

All this Pill and Belt fighting isn’t going to matter when Huff is declared sane!

SurfCity

He Huffed it.

That was a missed opp

Andres The Forever Giant

Hitters too anxious to allow the rabbits to create havoc, ugh!

JD4SF

Suggestion –
How about tabling non-game discussion and send some support to our Giants players in the *game* being played NOW.

Go GIANTS!!!!

ClutchUp

Why Baseball is Still Baseball. No outs and SuperMelky hits a flair that Scutero makes NICE grab on. Have always liked Marco and always loved his name.

Haven’t read ALL the Posts. Heading Back to read, but DO know that lots on here AGREED that the lineup was OKAY -yet-baseball being what it IS, the Giants just got their first baserunners — with — no runs scored yet.

Al oha will appreciate THIS. The SF Giants HISTORICALLY do not fare well with a Newbie on the Mound. Their advance scouting shuts down and instead of See Ball Hit Ball – they revert back to some weird a$$ hitting plan.

I know Posey just disappointed “right there” but “Carry-Us-On-Your-Shoulders” Melky also did not have a “good swing”.

Hate to say it but Melky with his numurous years in the Bigs and mutiple thousands of at bats – is three times the hitter that Posey could hope to be with Buster having YET to play one entire season. Melky has a unique way of sometimes “serving” a line drive to the oppo 5.5 hole, up the middle or softly over the secondbaseman. Reminds me of some of Abreu’s or Gwynn’s at bats.

The Great Debate Ender

Small sample size.

Debate OVER.

Thank you.

wes

Has anyone ever noticed when the giants play against a pitcher theyve never faced, they always seem to get dominated?

The Great Debate Ender

It’s getting dark outside, but it’s a small sample size so it may still be daytime.

The Great Debate Ender

@wes: small sample size.

The Great Debate Ender

I just ate 12 prawns but it’s a small sample size so I may still be hungry.

JD4SF

Credit to Friedrich – most of our guys are having trouble reading his big curve ball … so far.

ClutchUp

The Wisdom Cow says: May 14th, 2012 at 5:59 pm 4..I’m sorry, but when Bochy is “pleased” because his newest addition “is not afraid,” that may be setting the bar a little low, don’t you think.

🙂 You do know that Army Brat Boch is a Bumkin and heart. A good ol’ one at that. When you want to post about BB15 just take a deep breath and count to 100. BB15 comes up with those types of sayings/expressions ALL the time.

🙁 That may just DO IT for me S/F. You are correct a lot but not this time.

ClutchUp

IfIWantedTwitterIWouldHaveTwitter says: May 14th, 2012 at 8:17 pm 62..#60 You forgot to say who tweeted that to youIfIWantedTwitterIWouldHaveTwitter says:
May 14th, 2012 at 8:18 pm 63..Monkey just tweeted where is his banana

🙁 Sigh Ultra Troll with multiple board names 🙁

ClutchUp

DuraAce says: May 14th, 2012 at 8:43 pm 89..Clutch: Froderick is throwing fastballs down the middle on the first 2 pitches, daring the Giants to swing, which they are and missing. Then he’s getting them with a legit curve. The Giants have no plan against this guy

@Dura
Agreed and why I stated that SF historically has no luck not even bad luck against relative Newbies.

JD4SF

NICE catch Pagan!!!!!!

Dirty Al

Seems like the Giants left their bats in Arizona.

Dodgers winning – could be out by seven if things don’t change
real soon.

C’mon guys. Let’s roll!!

Lefty

This game may be just what the doctor ordered for Crawford. One routine grounder after another, like they’re taking infield practice. We all know he can make the spectacular plays–it’s the basic ones that sometimes give him the yips. Keep it going, kid.

I’ll admit the posting of Tweets gets tiring, but I read them instead of scrolling, so I can only blame myself. Sometimes there is one worth reading. It wouldn’t be as bad if they were just Alex and Carl’s tweets. But Baggs ain’t here no more. If I want Baggs, I go elsewhere, or suffer through 20 minutes of Papa before they put him on air.

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Oh well. To those who want a player to fail, aim higher. Focus all your mental energy towards making the player burst into flame. If it works, not only will you get rid of the player you don’t like watching, but I bet the military will become quite interested in hiring you for some “support” work.

JD4SF

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

al oha

Blanco!

SurfCity

Tiburon Blanco!

Tumorseal

BLANCO!

Keep him in every damn game.

Andres The Forever Giant

VIVA TIBURON! 🙂

dgg

We’re on the board! Terrific, Blanco!

Walter Guest

The grest white shark!

zombiehobo

Bye Bye Blanco!

al oha

THAT, was no cheap shot.

BB25-like.

JD4SF

Per Alex tweet Blanco has only had 2 other HR in his career. Glad to see him hitting it out at AT&T! 🙂

al oha

Blanco, best leadoff hitter on the Team.

And lately, best hitter with RISP, too.

Walter Guest

Tough call now. Stay with him or go to relief?

al oha

Note to BB15,

That shot by Blanco was a Lefty against a Lefty.

dgg

8 people posted at 9:06. Just found that interesting. Connectedness or Togetherness or something.

JD4SF

Smart/Small ball – the table is set, bring ’em home Pill!

JD4SF

Agree, Lefty – This game seens to be rebuilding Crawford’s confidence level 1 hit at a time. IMO he’ll do much better if he was worrying less about executing the play and just DO it.

The mental side of the game and the additional pressure of playing MLB level is something Craw (and others) need to learn to work through, and that only comes with seasoning. But it looks like Craw might be settling down with his glove, which is a Good Thing.

JD4SF

Observation on twitter by Baggs:
Either Friedrich or Rosario doesn’t know the secondary set of signs. Big delays every time Giants have a runner at 2B.

The Truth

Average team. Average results. After Pill’s AB I expect to see Huff starting tomorrow’s game. Just saying.

al oha

Blanco is the igniter.

Please let that sink into Bochy’s brain.

There is no other leadoff choice on this Team.

BBQnBLUES

nice job, Vogey…

Andres The Forever Giant

Another Vogelstrong outing! 🙂

al oha

Pagan didn’t know how many outs there was.

Does he have BFF? (Brain Fart Frequently)

stickman

Man that Vogelsong is tough. Bulldog out there. Get him some effing runs! He deserves to win this one.

Alex tweet:
Ryan Vogelsong finishes night with 2.66 ERA and still only ranks third on #SFGiants starting staff.

Lefty

Luke: And Timmy better throw strikes early tomorrow or Huff will… 😉

Luke mcwarmsky

Nothing against Pagan, but his neck is too long for his body… just saying

al oha

Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

How do you like S.F. now, Tulo?

Luke mcwarmsky

Crawford doesn’t make the play, surprise surprise.

al oha

That was a big out by Lopez.

Getting Helton to dribble out, was key.

Pacman 68

Who wants to put money on Huff starting tomorrow? Cause he is going too.

al oha

Please Romo, no more pitches over the plate.

Lefty

OK, that’s just not fair.

JD4SF

ROMO got it done!!!

al oha

Romo has been lights out lately.

Dude has pinpoint control.

Great to see.

Andres The Forever Giant

Fear The Beard lives! 🙂

Luke mcwarmsky

Funny looking at Colorado’s offensive numbers since the Giants called them out on using juiced balls in certain late game situations. They haven’t had many of those “miraculous come from behind victories” at home, and their player’s numbers look pretty pedestrian.

They were definately using juiced balls those last few years.

Andres The Forever Giant

More speedy Tiburon! 🙂

JD4SF

Gotta love the Blanco wheels! 🙂

al oha

I agree, blaming Crawford for that HIT, is not fair.

It is true, he has had his troubles in the early season. But, lately he has been working extra hard and has been solid.

I played SS most of my life, that play is do or die with a high hop like that. You charge full speed and get whatever hop you get, because that is your only chance. Very difficult play and usually results in the official scorer awarding a HIT.

BBQnBLUES

Blanco’s homer 451 ft…wow

SurfCity

Tiburon!

So glad this guy is finally regularly in the line-up. Took too long!

al oha

Blanco is the IGNITER!

Hope to see him as the LEADOFF hitter, EVERY GAME.

Tumorseal

I don’t know if any of you noticed, but Blanco is kinda fast.

al oha

Watch the effect he has on the entire Rockies defense. Every player on the field MUST account for his speed.

Andres The Forever Giant

The rabbits have disrupted! Let’s go Melky!

JD4SF

Take THAT bunt! 🙂

SurfCity

al oha says:
May 14th, 2012 at 9:17 pm

Blanco is the igniter.

Please let that sink into Bochy’s brain.

There is no other leadoff choice on this Team.

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What Al said

Andres The Forever Giant

I’d like to see Arias steal here, to eliminate the GIDP from Posey!

al oha

Buster has struggled.

Perfect time for a SQUEEZE!

JD4SF

BUSTER!!!!!!!!!!
Smart/Small ball WORKS!!!!!!
8)

zombiehobo

Finally, it’s about time!

Andres The Forever Giant

Whew, a MUCH better AB

al oha

Panda got so excited, he lost his gum.

Andres The Forever Giant

and go-ahead line-drive hit from Buster! 🙂

zombiehobo

Pill comes through! Nice hitting son. Nice to get some insurance.

Tumorseal

Pill the Thrill!

Brett the Threat!

Tumorseal

Add on Culby. Get your first RBI.

al oha

THAT 0-2 pitch was in the exact spot of the first strike.

SurfCity

Nice work by Pill.

al oha

If Charlie wants to keep in the lineup, he best not go for the hat trick.

Oh, goodie a one-hopper back to the pitcher.

wan8iv

2 clutch hits in the late innings lets hope this keeps happening for a while.

Bochys got this platoon straight ass-backwards. Unbelievably stupid. I can only hope for Pill to fail, and fail he will. His only hits are HRs on pitches in the exact same place in the zone. Once word gets around, Pill probably will never get another hit.

This will end itself pretty soon
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I really detest saying anything nasty, but that’s a completely insane comment. Pill is doing his job and making Giants fans happy by actually contributing when given the chance.

His timely at bats this season has done its damage; why would you leave such an idiotic comment?

CaGrown

Blanco will be tired tomorrow from all that hitting and running, so he’ll need a Huffin’ and Puffin’ rest, so Aubrey can Blanco for four.

Just a start or two–a one for eight with four grounders to second.

al oha

There is no good reason NOT to have Belt at 1B and Nate in RF, Defensively.

sotru

Lefty says:
May 14th, 2012 at 7:54 pm
SpeierFuentes: My daily reminder: Belt is on the bench. He’s not doing anything. We all know you hate him. Move on.

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Lefty, I’m just saying. Belt isn’t getting the chance to play everyday because, hate it as much as you want, its Bochy’s call. Get over it, move on.

zombiehobo

What’s Giants baseball without a little torture?

stickman

Looks like Blanco has finally found his MLB home. Small ball works. Buster totally willed that bapped in single. That’s one of his primary weapons, most frequently when he goes the other way. As his body knits itself back together (provided he is rested frequently enough) we will start seeing more XBH’s from Posey. Pill also appears to be finding his niche. As i noted after yesterdays win in Arizona, the team is beginning to jell. It all takes time, particularly with such a green, young bunch, but there is some talent present and leaning on a wonderful pitching staff, these kids are learning to contribute.

BBQnBLUES

did anyone here Crawford say…tag your it

Tumorseal

omg

FreeWilly

I doubt anybody “hates” Belt…it’s all the “WE WANT BELT” rants and rave thats seems to overtake this blog on a daily basis. Why not focus on who’s playing and be upbeat about it rather than beating it down by moping “Where’s Belt?”

4SeamSuzie

Welcome back, torture.

Atlas

Nice, Arias gelling perfectly with our torture team culture right now 🙂

wan8iv

the Defense lets the team down AGAIN!!!

wow they need guys just to field the stinking ball

wan8iv

lets hope that with Tulo out the Giants catch a break but you never know……….

wan8iv

the Belt stuff is out there all the time because scouts like Keith Law and Kevin Goldstein and the guys on Baseball America say that Belt should be playing everyday.

Casilla needs to throw strikes but when he was with Oakland could be very erratic.

JD4SF

WOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wan8iv

TORTURE for sure!!!

zombiehobo

Arias you just made up for that error. All is forgiven!

Andres The Forever Giant

Arias got The Redeemer FTW! 🙂

al oha

Casilla pulls a Willy.

Learned from one of the Best.

Torture …….. is right.

4SeamSuzie

Giants Win!!!!

FreeWilly

@185-thanks.

But Baseball BayArea says otherwise.

Nice Giants win!!!

al oha

Sandoval welcomes Blanco’s big interview, after a great game by him and his first HR, with the pie in the face.

or shaving cream, to be exact.

Classic.

Luke mcwarmsky

That ball gets to Crawford and the play doesn’t get made.

Luke mcwarmsky

SSS, but Castila looks better than Wilson so far in the closer role.

Andres The Forever Giant

It stopped Amy G in her tracks, so I’m not complaining, even though it was with my man Tiburon! TY Panda! 🙂

SurfCity

And Tiburon Blanco gets the pie in the face.

Very Nice Interview and very nice play at leadoff for 3 games now

Woj

Is Bochy giving any thought to pitching El No Dot (Romo) in the closer role?
The man reminds me of Eckersley with his pinpoint control and nasty slider and fiery personality. Casilla is doing well but playing with fire. Romo when he’s on is filthy good.

Moreplz

Way to go Blanco!!

He’s showing that he should be in the line-up everyday by hitting and contributing decisively in the SMALL SAMPLE SCALE, thus far!

al oha

I’d much rather see Aubrey Huff in the seat next to Papa, doing the post-game analysis.

Shawn Estes still pisses me off.

Andres The Forever Giant

I’d love to see Romo as the closer, but I’d worry about his durability, with his sometimes-cranky elbow and trick knee!

Luke mcwarmsky

yea, estes was never the brightest crayon in the box.

4SeamSuzie

It’s no coincidence that Posey gets a day of rest and comes up with a clutch hit tonight. Despite what some have said, Posey IS clutch – just not when he’s worn down.

Our Team

Just stay in contact until Pablo gets back. With Kemp on the DL, we might even be able to close the gap a bit. Arias, Casilla and Blanco have been huge.

Boxergar

I’m afraid Freddy is not coming back.

Atlas

Exciting game! That’s three in a row… let’s keep it going. Also, Blanco’s HR was something else. He really reminds me of Torres in a lot of ways.

JD4SF

Twitter:
@TroyRenck: Just talked to Tulo, he initially thought leg was broken. Will likely miss a few days. He never saw the ball that hit him

al oha

Another double-digit hits game for the Giants. That’s two in a row.

What is happening here?

Blanco leading off and Melky batting 3rd has the look of something that could last. Add a healthy Sandoval to this lineup, get Belt hitting like he’s capable of, keep Arias going, get Pagan and Nate going consistently, get Posey healthy and feeling good for the stretch run, get production from Pill, Crawford, Hector, and somebody step up and produce from 2B, and this Team is gonna be tough to beat.

I’m telling you, I have watched Giants’ Baseball for almost 40 years, and THIS is the most athletically gifted Team they’ve had in some time. All the ingredients are here, despite any naysayers on this blog. Hopefully we will all see it’s true. We need Bochy’s help, to get things right. He is getting there little by little. Some things just take awhile to sink in for him. Plus, his assistant coaches must be speaking out more and more as it becomes clearly evident.

SurfCity

Wow, he thought it was broken and still took his next AB? Who does he think he is, Brian Wilson? 🙂

SurfCity

Nice post Al. Nice to see Bochy working out an optimal line-up, even if it took awhile. This line-up is looking good, with Belt getting time at first too, splitting with Pill.

Observationist

Man, it must absolutely crush slash78 that Pill had another big RBI tonight while The Gifted One sat on the bench vs. the LHP.

al oha

Karma or Coincidence?

I seem to remember him being quoted re: the S.F. Giants, that he has always hated them, even though he grew up in Sunnyvale and attended Fremont H.S.

Tulowitzki has had some bad luck at AT&T.

On April 29, 2008, in a 3–2 road win over the San Francisco Giants, Tulowitzki tore a left quadriceps tendon during a defensive play in the first inning. He wasn’t originally in the starting lineup for the game; however, he was put in at the last minute after utility player Jeff Baker broke a blood vessel in his throwing hand during pregame warmups.

Tonight, while in the dugout, getting ready to hit, he gets hit in the leg by a foul off of Dexter Fowler’s bat. He never saw it. He came out of the game after struggling to run to first on an infield single. He would have been up with the bases loaded in the 9th and two outs, instead of Nelson who replaced him. He’ll also miss tomorrow’s game against Lincecum.

Observationist

al oha: how exactly has it become CLEARLY evident that Bochy’s coaches are speaking out more and more?

al oha

As “getting things right”, becomes clearly evident.

For naming yourself the “Observationist”, you’re not so observant.

Mr. Randy Watson

I find it hard to praise Pill for his “big RBI” on a weak hit ground ball that barely found a hole, after he struck out on a ball that bounced in the dirt with runners on second and third. Pill’s good ab/bad ab ratio is pretty lopsided if ya ask me.

Observationist

Oh, I see. You assume that as Bochy’s lineups become closer to what you approve of that it must be the work of his assistant coaches.

Sorry for questioning you. I assumed you had a link or some sort of evidence to back up your statement but I guess stuff like that would just get in the way of your unsubstantiated conjecture, right?

Mr. Randy Watson

UNSUBSTANTIATED CONJECTURE. Burn!

Observationist

That’s strange, Randy. Because when Belt got an RBI the other day on an infield groundout, folks here acted like we were witnessing Willie Mays in his prime.

Mr. Randy Watson

Nothing like redundant big words to prove a point

Mr. Randy Watson

It is strange, I’m not saying anything good about Belt either. Frankly I’ve seen enough of both these kids. Give Huff a six-pack and put him back in there.

@Andres The Forever Giant: yur guy, T I B U R O N Blanco was awwwwwwwwwesome today and yesterday!!! What a difference-maker he is. Luv watching him blaze the bases, and very smart baserunning.

great win!

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over and out

Lefty

al: Observationist=SpeierFuentes. Note that S/F got quiet but Obsy picked right up with the condescension and the negativity toward Belt–who didn’t even play, so why are we talking about him? Pretty sure I’ve seen S/F congratulate Obsy or vice versa.

I enjoyed a great Giants’ win. Gutsy outing for Vogey and for Casilla, who was struggling with command. Blanco was amazing. Great clutch hits by Buster and Pill. Great redemption play by Arias to end the game. I really liked the way they fought back against the young Rox lefty, who pitched very well. Al oha is right; they’re putting things together and looking more gelled and confident everyday.

Hope for some Timmy magic tomorrow.

Mr. Randy Watson

Highly touted prospects who are going to live up to the hype show signs right from the start. I got excited after Belt’s HR last year in the first series against LA, since then.. nothing. The lack of power is now glaring. Will Clark didn’t need all these excuses.. cause he got it done from day one.

Lefty

Mr. Randy: Yep, and against Nolan Ryan. I’ll never forget that or Hank Greenwald’s call: “How do you do, Mr. Ryan? I’m Will Clark.”

I’ve been thinking about that 1986 team and their slogan, “You gotta like these kids.” is this the youngest team the Giants have had since then? If so, we’re in for some fun, because those were some good years–and this version, with due respect to Rick Rueschel, Don Robinson, etc., has much better pitching.

Mr. Randy Watson

Yeah, but Big Daddy and the Caveman’s nicknames were better! That was my favorite Giants team ever. Maybe I’m just too nostalgic, but I sure don’t see Culberson-Crawford turning DP’s like Thompson-Uribe.

4SeamSuzie

Lefty – I remember those days. I had such a crush on Will the Thrill.

SurfCity

Observationist says:
May 14th, 2012 at 11:26 pm

Man, it must absolutely crush slash78 that Pill had another big RBI tonight while The Gifted One sat on the bench vs. the LHP.

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Is this a baseball comment or a personal attack?

SurfCity

Speaking of unsubstantiated conjecture …

“Sorry for questioning you. I assumed you had a link or some sort of evidence to back up your statement but I guess stuff like that would just get in the way of your unsubstantiated conjecture, right?”

“Man, it must absolutely crush slash78 that Pill had another big RBI tonight while The Gifted One sat on the bench vs. the LHP.”

SurfCity

Speaking of unsubstantiated conjecture …

“when Belt got an RBI the other day on an infield groundout, folks here acted like we were witnessing Willie Mays in his prime.”

Yes Free Huff, get him on a plane to Florida and we can all breathe a little better.Pill and Belt are both flawed but they are our flawed giants. Kind of like a lot the bloggers, good sometimes, terrible other times but always trying to say what they think and feel

MLBFAN36

When Theriot comes back of the DL, what happens? Theriot really should be DFA. I rather see Arias, Culberson, and Burriss all playing before him really. Freddy is never coming back. But hey, he did help us win a World Series

amen

Lefty says:
May 14th, 2012 at 11:54 pm
al: Observationist=SpeierFuentes. Note that S/F got quiet but Obsy picked right up with the condescension and the negativity toward Belt–who didn’t even play, so why are we talking about him? Pretty sure I’ve seen S/F congratulate Obsy or vice versa.

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Why are you talking about him when he didn’t even play?

SpeierFuentes

Lefty?

Are you an employee of the Mercury News? I’m confused because for some reason you seem to think this blog is your personal domain. It would seem some others think they’re running the show here too.

Guess what? I actually subscribe to the Mercury News. I’m a paying customer. So I think I have the right to comment here just as much as anyone. Including you. So please refrain from telling me what I can or can not post. If I want to give my views on Brandon Belt I will. You don’t have to respond nor do you have to agree with them. Makes no difference to me whatsoever. I have never told anyone here what they can or can’t post. Why you think you can is beyond me.

Just remember…this is the MERCURY News…not Lefty’s News

PS: No I’m not observationist. I have no need to hide

SpeierFuentes

Amen,

Apparently you can only talk about a player that is currently in the lineup that particular day. If you don’t have the same views on a player then you WILL be told not to post and move on.

just unbelievable

amen

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If you don’t have the same views on a player then you WILL be told not to post and move on.

just unbelievable
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Wow, so everyone has to have the same views on a player to post? No wonder…now this blog makes sense. No worries, your posts aren’t worth following. Ha!